UN Women advocates for women in leadership and end to child marriage Inspired by the global theme “Pledge For Parity”, the 2016 celebration of the International Women’s Day in South Sudan comprised of series of activities including panel discussions, video messages by prominent male leaders in government, civil society and United Nations system as well as drama and music by young people in support of ending early marriages. UN Women in collaboration with the Ministry of Gen- der, Child and Social Welfare; embassies of the Swe- den, UK and the Norway; CSOs, media, the private sec- tor and youth and women organized two panel discus- sions with the focus on ending child marriage and women in leadership to raise awareness, exchange local and global experiences and to forge the way forward on accelerating women leadership, participation and in- clusion of women in all spheres of life and to brain- storm on strategies to end child marriage, a harmful cultural practices that reverses the efforts to promote gender equality and women empowerment in South Sudan. In his welcome address during the panel discussion on the March 07, UN Women Deputy Country Repre- sentative, Mr. Lansana Wonneh, stressed the im- portance to discuss and share best practices in an effort to ending child marriages as it is a big obstacle to the efforts towards promoting gender equality and the em- powerment of women in South Sudan. While delivering her Special Remarks, the UN Special Representative of the Secretary General, Margeret Loj, , stressed that girls are the most discriminated in a fami- ly. Meanwhile when girls are educated, they are most likely to marry later, have fewer children and a better chance to have healthy and educated chil- dren. “For each year girls stay longer in school, in- come will rise by 20%” she said. While calling for lasting peace in South Sudan, she stressed that “female peacekeepers are as instrumental as female peace builders”. The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare, Honorable Awut Deng Acuil, said South Sudan, though the youngest nation has made strides in the area of gender equality and women empowerment. “South Sudan has no issue of equal pay for equal job, all are paid equally, South Sudan has no issue of vot- ing rights, all are allowed to vote” she noted. UNEP conducts a workshop in preparation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action The national Minister of Environment, Hon. Deng Deng Hoc Yai, and Arshad Khan, UNEP South Sudan office Country Programme Manager inaugurated a two day workshop from March 21-22, 2016, for prep- aration of the very first South Sudan’s National Bio- diversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The workshop was organized by UNEP South Sudan of- fice in collaboration with the national Ministry of En- vironment. A total number of 56 senior technical offi- cials from different institutions including govern- ment line ministries, South Sudan independent com- missions, local authorities, CSOs, academia, private sector, international and local NGOs and UN agen- cies attended the workshop. South Sudan acceded to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on May 18, 2014 and accordingly the country is requested to implement the decisions of the CBD Conference of Parties (COP). This workshop United Nations in South Sudan Bulletin Page 1 March 2016 In this issue UN Women advocates for women in leadership and end to child marriage UNEP conducts a workshop in preparation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action WHO, UNFPA and MOH initiate the process for establishing Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) UNESCO, UNICEF, UNEP and ILO commemorate World Water Day Spotlighting volunteers in South Sudan IOM Promotes TB testing and treatment at the Bentiu PoC Site UNDP presents its country programme to support early recovery and stabilization in South Sudan The UNMISS World Flavours: Celebrating cultural diversity UNESCO promotes radio listener clubs for Communicating with Communities FAO brings fuel-efficient cooking to communities in South Sudan
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UN Women advocates for women in leadership and end to child marriage Inspired by the global theme “Pledge For Parity”, the
2016 celebration of the International Women’s Day in
South Sudan comprised of series of activities including
panel discussions, video messages by prominent male
leaders in government, civil society and United Nations
system as well as drama and music by young people in
support of ending early marriages.
UN Women in collaboration with the Ministry of Gen-
der, Child and Social Welfare; embassies of the Swe-
den, UK and the Norway; CSOs, media, the private sec-
tor and youth and women organized two panel discus-
sions with the focus on ending child marriage and
women in leadership to raise awareness, exchange local
and global experiences and to forge the way forward on
accelerating women leadership, participation and in-
clusion of women in all spheres of life and to brain-
storm on strategies to end child marriage, a harmful
cultural practices that reverses the efforts to promote
gender equality and women empowerment in South
Sudan.
In his welcome address during the panel discussion on
the March 07, UN Women Deputy Country Repre-
sentative, Mr. Lansana Wonneh, stressed the im-
portance to discuss and share best practices in an effort
to ending child marriages as it is a big obstacle to the
efforts towards promoting gender equality and the em-
powerment of women in South Sudan.
While delivering her Special Remarks, the UN Special
Representative of the Secretary General, Margeret Loj, ,
stressed that girls are the most discriminated in a fami-
ly. Meanwhile when girls are educated, they are most
likely to marry later, have fewer children and
a better chance to have healthy and educated chil-
dren. “For each year girls stay longer in school, in-
come will rise by 20%” she said. While calling for
lasting peace in South Sudan, she stressed that
“female peacekeepers are as instrumental as female
peace builders”.
The Minister of Gender, Child and Social Welfare,
Honorable Awut Deng Acuil, said South Sudan,
though the youngest nation has made strides in the
area of gender equality and women empowerment.
“South Sudan has no issue of equal pay for equal job,
all are paid equally, South Sudan has no issue of vot-
ing rights, all are allowed to vote” she noted.
UNEP conducts a workshop in preparation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action
The national Minister of Environment, Hon. Deng
Deng Hoc Yai, and Arshad Khan, UNEP South Sudan
office Country Programme Manager inaugurated a
two day workshop from March 21-22, 2016, for prep-
aration of the very first South Sudan’s National Bio-
diversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP). The
workshop was organized by UNEP South Sudan of-
fice in collaboration with the national Ministry of En-
vironment. A total number of 56 senior technical offi-
cials from different institutions including govern-
ment line ministries, South Sudan independent com-
missions, local authorities, CSOs, academia, private
sector, international and local NGOs and UN agen-
cies attended the workshop.
South Sudan acceded to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) on May 18, 2014 and accordingly the
country is requested to implement the decisions of
the CBD Conference of Parties (COP). This workshop
United Nations in South Sudan Bulletin
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March 2016
In this issue UN Women advocates for women in leadership and end to child marriage
UNEP conducts a workshop in preparation of National Biodiversity Strategy and Action
WHO, UNFPA and MOH initiate the process for establishing Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR)
UNESCO, UNICEF, UNEP and ILO commemorate World Water Day
Spotlighting volunteers in South Sudan
IOM Promotes TB testing and treatment at the Bentiu PoC Site
UNDP presents its country programme to support early recovery and stabilization in South Sudan
The UNMISS World Flavours: Celebrating cultural diversity
UNESCO promotes radio listener clubs for Communicating with Communities
FAO brings fuel-efficient cooking to communities in South Sudan
therefore demonstrated South Sudan’s commitment to
fulfil its obligations under article 6 of the Biodiversity
Convention which stated that each contracting party
shall, in accordance with its particular conditions and
capabilities: develop national strategies, plans or pro-
grammes for the conservation and sustainable use of
biological diversity or adapt for this purpose existing
strategies, plans or programmes which shall reflect,
inter alia, the measures set out in this Convention rele-
vant to the contracting party concerned.
The workshop’s main objective was to engage the na-
tional conservationists to conduct stocktaking and as-
sessment exercise through discussion of the road map
for preparation of the NBSAP, provisional outline of
the NBSAP, current status and trends, threats/causes
of biodiversity loss, current efforts to reduce biodiversi-
ty loss, review of biodiversity policies, laws as well as
the existing institutional policies, laws as well as the
existing institutional arrangements. The training also
aimed to discuss the biodiversity valuation and its con-
tribution to national development, plant and animal
taxonomy, biotechnology and biosafety, infrastructures
development and oil discovery, production and impact
on biodiversity and invasive alien species.
UNEP is currently working collaboratively with the of-
fice of the national Biodiversity Focal Point, GEF Oper-
ation Focal and the relevant senior management of the
Ministry of Environment to ensure the timely imple-
mentation of the remaining steps in the finalization of
the NBSAP is realized by December 2016.
WHO, UNFPA and MOH initiate the process for establishing Maternal Death Surveillance and Response (MDSR) The World Health Organization in collaboration with
UNFPA and the Ministry of Health held a half-day
workshop with Members of Parliament to officially ini-
tiate the process for establishing Maternal Death Sur-
veillance and Response (MDSR) in South Sudan. The
workshop which took place on March 22, brought to-
gether a total of 34 parliamentarians including digni-
taries and stakeholders from UN agencies, NGOs, Juba
Teaching hospital and development partners. The main
objective of the workshop was to sensitize, create
awareness and advocate with parliamentarians for the
institutionalization of Maternal Death Surveillance &
Response in South Sudan.
During the opening ceremony, the Undersecretary, Dr.
Makur Matur Kariom, welcomed all participants and
urged MPs to support the Ministry of Health in the
fight to reduce maternal and child mortality in South
Sudan. “It is a shame for a woman to die from things
that can easily be prevented; South Sudanese women
die more than any other women in the world” he
said. Nevertheless he pointed to the significant pro-
gress that have been achieved in the fight against ma-
ternal mortality reduction from four digits 2054 in
2010- referencing on the South Sudan Household
survey (SSHS) to 730/100,000 live birth according to
WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA estimates in 2013. “It is a
fight that we must win; with our MPs on board we
shall not rest until we get to zero tolerance”. He fur-
ther went on to encourage MPs to provide the dy-
namic leadership to generate and ensure necessary
actions are taken and advocate for maternal child
health.
Speaking on behalf of the WHO representative was
the technical officer in charge of making pregnancy
safer, Dr. Nancy Kidula from WHO Inter-country
Support Team (IST) in Harare, Zimbabwe. In her
brief remarks, she commended the progress that has
been made so far by government in the area of mater-
nal child health. She reaffirmed WHO support to the
people of South Sudan in the reduction of maternal
mortality. “WHO remains committed to support the
Ministry of Health by providing technical expertise
and resources earmarked for maternal mortality and
morbidity reduction”.
Globally there were an estimated 289,000 maternal
deaths in 2013; 62% of these deaths were from Sub
Saharan Africa. The global Maternal Mortality Ratio
(MMR) in 2013 was 210 maternal deaths per 100
000 live births. South Sudan is among countries in